PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025
'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025
Starmer hails Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Bill after climbdown by peers means it is set to become law Business secretary Peter Kyle praised the ‘landmark legislation’ that will ‘drag Britain's outdated employment laws into the 21st century’ The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
UK MPs target VPNs in latest Online Safety Act debate The debate around age verification and VPNs heats up as MPs confirm their commitment to review the role these providers should have in preventing their service from being misused to evade the law. TechRadar · Dec 16, 2025
The big quarrels over the workers’ rights bill have barely started Many critical details have been deliberately left to be resolved in secondary legislation – including the introduction of guaranteed hours contracts The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025
Stronger mental capacity assessments could be added to assisted dying Bill Peers were urged to make more progress on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during the final debate of the year on the legislation. Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2025
UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children UK politicians table amendment that would ban VPNs for children but its future is uncertain. TechRadar · Dec 12, 2025
Peers accused of ‘heartless’ tactics to ‘sabotage’ assisted dying bill Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the assisted dying bill, has hit out at peers for tabling more than 1,000 amendments in what she believes is a bid to talk it out before it can become law The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025
Peers told not to sabotage assisted dying Bill with ‘unnecessary’ amendments The House of Lords has been accused of time-wasting, having tabled more than 1,000 amendments to the Bill. Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2025
‘Cruel’ amendments being used to thwart assisted dying bill, says lead MP Kim Leadbeater warns 1,150 Lords amendments are ‘unnecessary’ and designed to run down the clock The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025
The Guardian view on Labour’s new peerages: another boost for the ermine arms race Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer promised to bring meaningful reform to the House of Lords. He is failing to introduce it The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
What is happening to the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords? Peers have submitted an extraordinary number of amendments, slowing its progress and raising risk of failure The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
House of Lords’ block on assisted dying bill is a big risk Letter: Defying the will of the House of Commons will increase calls for radical reform of the upper house sooner rather than later, say the MPs Nia Griffith, Justin Madders and Debbie Abrahams The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
Senior opponents of assisted dying bill urge Lords not to deliberately block it Letter says there is danger of Lords losing legitimacy as more than 1,000 amendments tabled, delaying any vote The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025 Downing Street vows to force employment rights bill through Lords No more concessions, says minister after legislation was thwarted in upper house despite manifesto climbdown
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025 UK politics: No 10 brushes off claims Streeting’s criticism of ‘technocratic approach’ refers to Starmer –as it happened Health secretary admitted to being ‘frustrated’ with approach to governing in interview
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025 Keir Starmer appoints 25 Labour peers to strengthen support in House of Lords Labour says appointments needed to balance upper house, and chooses former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies and Iceland boss Richard Walker among new peerage nominations PM announces 25 new members of the House of Lords, including his former director of communications
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Iceland boss and top Downing Street aide among Starmer’s new Labour peers Sir Keir Starmer is introducing new Labour peers as he aims to rebalance the Tory majority in the Lords, and see off further challenges to his plans.
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025 Two House of Lords peers suspended after breaking lobbying rules Lord Dannatt will be barred from the Lords for four months while Lord Evans of Watford will be suspended for five months
Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2025 Ex-Tory Iceland boss Richard Walker set to become Labour peer The party said Mr Walker is a committed champion for families dealing with the cost of living.
Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025 OPINION - Who is the real James Orr? JD Vance’s ‘British sherpa’ and Reform’s ‘posh-bosh’ charmer It is hard to miss James Orr — with his slicked-back mane of blond hair, booming voice and all the confidence of a Wykehamist and an Oxford Balliol graduate, he could easily play the quintessential stage Englishman in a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie. A hybrid of academic and ideologue,…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025 Keir Starmer expected to award 25 new Labour peerages Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber
The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025 Angela Rayner to lay amendment to speed up workers’ rights bill Exclusive: Former deputy PM understood to have accepted compromise on day-one rights, after ‘considerable anger’ over Lords intervention
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025 Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is a sharp move few will cheer him for THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The six-month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal is a step in the right direction, which should have been taken long ago – but this dangerous habit of breaking manifesto pledges is compounding a crisis of trust in politics